The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-02-24

81 Augustine Waahk Friday pocn, ssAbout
half pazf tReagel ths boil9 h II aw-uill of
Ieyen = Co, on the b. He6aitian rfvsf. ex-
paoded with terrific 5oEos caosllg Gs1ssai
rushed ftsnticslly 4om tkslf dossa b dire appss-
henaion thata teaiSss eal9ndyWo e h6nd. In
lee sAaasA minnie bon ~ t1s q ~ sxplqliou.
every person dwelling yitkln . thcupasd yasds
iof t6e t6sksSt ns 6alSnsly ~ 8 . sSssAl
80 masy.af - ylse eetnally tMrr s!sicksp.
|shinkinS sh.!laacsh9 ea1shQ1sss lad vfalsd ..
ltsfH dGnoli1And, and ths eaGlns end machinery
Are complete WRECK 4 proyidentiaIly hap.
lpened that the explosion to0k plscs dufink tie
dinner hour whea; thsre Weeo few employees
about the premiaeA This was very lortnnste,
for had tho men ben as their sccmfoued piaces
dnsihg working loars, Il b doab&fhl whslher .
single one could have escaped with hh llie Il
Is almost miraculous that oaly thrge persons
were injured, and ehsy, were aved b. NE bald
ing falling towards the south and east, while
they were on the north sida Thess three par
sons were, heweFes. badly scalsed. They are
n 2 Rcep, aycs.rier. badly scaldsd about the
seriously. and q kttle onlorsd Giri who had
brought the 6reman his dinner. We have sot
been able to ascertain her name, but learn tAat
shelb probably fsaaay iajursa- An 81 her clogh-I
ing was torn from her and her injuries are fright
@ injured sas i odF Fs s. ,Soss 2eGas
the vicinity Of the mihs wers moro or leN in
lured. A flying piece Of mortar from the furn-
lace demolished one Of the Windows ID Mr..
lDihinehAm's house.f The boiler OF the mill took
% bee line towards the same house, bat fortu-
nateiy brought up against huge pile Of lumber
stacked in 'front.' othervise there would not have
been enough left from Mr.. DIS residence sui3-
ciently large TO have been converted into t0uehs
picks. A piece of red-hot iron vas thrown Into
the residence Of Mra Murray, and before i va
noticed had burnt hole through the dining
room floor. A laFEe piece OF iron struck Mr.. ].
E. Libby's residence. knocking away corner
board with several strips Of weather -boasding.
Mrs Libby was quite III st the TINA and the
shock was 20 great that she tainted and remained
unconscious for several hours Window elsssy
in several hoases in the vicinity Was shattered,
and that there was no more personal injury IN
ficted BY this tremendous explesion may b
considered aimost 10 the light Of miracle. The
boiler was an old one, having been brought here
twenty years ago. II had been repoatedly re-
paired, and was not considered safe Is b only
few weeks SINCE distressing accident occurred
at the same mill BY which one of the proprie,ors
lost his life. 4. aeiiras s.s,3stfr. -.
Gainesville Daily Adoooazs. Messrs. Marx
A. Hardin, W. A Beard and COL J. B. Brown
have Incorporated . company for the purpose Of
draining Paine's Prairie and reclaiming the
swamp and overfowed lands In the vicinity Of
Orange Lake. This il . much needed entsrpeise
and we are glad TO know that the company
means bt1sine6s- Florida strawberries are re-
failing in the Northern cities at four dollars per
quart. At that rate there are few people In
Gainesville who could afford TO wear astrawberry
blossom in . hutton-whole boquet. The good
order that now reigns IN This city b truly won
derful. No loud or indecent talk b ever heard,
and morality has taken complete possession OF
the place The time was when there wss
scarcely day or night passed in which an arrest
or two was not made. Now things are 90 quiet
that the ticking Of "the silent watches OF the
night" Is frequently heard. .f
---Gfeeh Cove: 3psiag:. Two Indians, from
Maine, stopped in Green Cove for couple Of
days, during the week, on . tour up the st..
Johns. They had with them two birch bark
canoes which they propose to put to good ser
vice in hunting upon the waters Of the river and
ifs tributaries. -. The martiDs have concluded
that spring has fairly opened up and these noisy,
but useful, little birds are actively engaged in
lOcatin0 hOUneHaAada